towns

noun

• A settlement; an area with residential districts, shops and amenities, and its own local government; especially one larger than a village and smaller than a city.

  "This town is really dangerous because these youngsters have Beretta handguns."

• Any more urbanized center than the place of reference.

  "I'll be in Yonkers, then I'm driving into town to see the Knicks at the Garden tonight."

• A rural settlement in which a market was held at least once a week.
• The residents (as opposed to gown: the students, faculty, etc.) of a community which is the site of a university.
• Used to refer to a town or similar entity under discussion.

  "Call me when you get to town."

• A major city, especially one where the speaker is located.
• A municipal organization, such as a corporation, defined by the laws of the entity of which it is a part.
• An enclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor.
• The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
• A collection of houses enclosed by fences or walls.
• A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard.